@article{oai:niigata-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00006213, author = {Iinuma, Yasushi and Takahashi, Naoya and Nitta, Kohju and Naito, Shinichi and Higuchi, Takeshi and Yamazaki, Yoshihiko and Hirose, Yasuo and Kumagai, Ken and Tanaka, Toshiharu and Miyajima, Mamoru and Sekiguchi, Hiroshi and Honda, Hiroyuki}, issue = {3}, journal = {Acta medica et biologica, Acta medica et biologica}, month = {Sep}, note = {We here report the case of a 10-year-old female who developed post-appendectomy typhlitis (PT) that could not be identified until an exploratory re-laparotomy. Computed tomography (CT) performed after the initial appendectomy showed an irregularly enhanced solid mass, including a homogeneous low-density lesion, at the corresponding site of the patient's cecum. The lesion was initially diagnosed to be an intra-peritoneal residual abscess.}, pages = {99--102}, title = {Post-appendectomy Typhlitis Initially Diagnosed as an Intra-peritoneal Residual Abscess until an Exploratory Re-laparotomy : An Abscess-like Finding of Inflammation of the Cecum on CT}, volume = {54}, year = {2006} }